Tasty and easy, these Asian pork tacos are made with pork tenderloin and served with sriracha mayo, grilled green onions, fresh cucumber and tomato. Easy to make on the BBQ or in the oven and ready in just about 30 minutes!
These Asian pork tacos are a creative pork tenderloin recipe, perfect for the BBQ, but can also be made easily in the oven. It’s always nice to have options! Add some fresh tomato and cucumber and a spicy Sriracha mayonnaise for a quick, easy and delicious meal.
Ingredients and substitutions
A few notes about the key ingredients …
Pork Tenderloin – pork tenderloin is recommended as it is both quick-cooking and always tender. Be sure to take the time to remove the silver skin along the side, for even cooking.
Flour Tortillas – I like these with flour tortillas, but corn tortillas will work just fine, as well.
Green onion – I urge you not to skip the green onions as they add great flavour to these Asian tacos! Just throw them on the grill or broil them quickly in the oven. The only thing to note is that you’ll want to dice them fairly small as if you leave them large, they are a little difficult to bite through. Just dice them fine and sprinkle them generously with the pork.
Recipe tips!
If you’re looking at making ahead, the pork can easily be cooked ahead. Just allow to cool a bit, then wrap and refrigerate in whole pieces. Slice just before serving (you can re-heat in the microwave or serve cold/at room temperature.)
Making ahead and storing
You can cook the pork and mix up the Sriracha mayo ahead of time and refrigerate for up to 2 days. To serve, simply prepare the vegetables and tortillas.
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Ingredients
- 1 large pork tenderloin, trimmed of fat and silverskin and cut in half lengthwise
Marinade:
- 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 Tablespoon lime juice
- 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon white or brown sugar
For serving:
- 1/2 English cucumber, diced
- 1 large tomato, diced
- 8 green onions, root end trimmed
- Fresh cilantro or flat-leaf parsley , coarsely chopped
- Lime wedges
- 8 small flour tortillas
Sriracha Mayonnaise:
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 3 tsp Sriracha
Instructions
- Mix up the marinade: combine marinade ingredients and pour over pork tenderloin to marinade for a few minutes while you prepare the rest of the ingredients. (*If you have the time, you can certainly refrigerate and marinade for longer).
- If preparing in the oven, preheat oven to 400° For the BBQ, heat to medium-high heat.
- Cook pork in the oven for about 15 minutes or on the BBQ, until an internal temperature of 150° Remove from oven/BBQ and allow to rest.
- If preparing in the oven, switch your oven to broil, with the rack still in the center of the oven. Place green onions on a baking sheet, brush lightly with a little oil and broil until wilted and starting to brown on the edges. For the BBQ, place green onions on to the hot grill crosswise (so they don’t fall through the grateand grill until wilted and lightly browned.
- Remove from oven/BBQ and dice fairly finely. Set aside with the diced tomatoes and cucumber.
- Prepare the Sriracha Mayonnaise by combining the mayonnaise and Sriracha.
- Slice your pork in to this slices.
- Finally, heat your tortilla by placing on the hot BBQ until warmed or wrap in foil and place in a warm oven for 5 minutes or so.
- Assemble the tacos by starting with some of the pork slices. Sprinkle a generous amount of green onion on top of the pork. Top with tomatoes, cucumbers and some cilanto. Top with a drizzle of Sriracha mayonnaise. Serve with a lime wedge.
- *Note: The pork can be cooked ahead and refrigerated whole. Slice before serving. Rewarm in the microwave or serve at room temperature.
Notes
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Hi! I’m Jennifer, a home cook schooled by trial and error and almost 40 years of getting dinner on the table! I love to share my favourite recipes, both old and new, together with lots of tips and tricks to hopefully help make your home cooking enjoyable, stress free, rewarding and of course, delicious!
Hi Jennifer,
Are the tomatoes supposed to be part of the marinade or to be diced for serving? I seen them on the marinade but it you did it on the bbq they would be uncooked.
Hi Ben, Sorry, the diced tomato should have been down with the “for serving”, as it is a garnish. I’ve fixed the recipe card now. Thanks for pointing that out :)
Awesome! That’s what I figured. I did end up making these last week and they were really delicious. I have been using quite a few of your recipes lately and I must say they have been awesome. My wife and I enjoy that they are great flavour combinations, and very well balanced. Not too rich, and they don’t sit heavy! Really good stuff!
So glad you enjoyed these (and other recipes :) Thanks so much!
Decided to try this during our first hot & humid spell (not the current never-ending one!). Did the tenderloin & green onions on the bbq. Tried our first serving with the small tortillas. For some reason, my presentation didn’t look like yours! Used larger tortillas second time around & wrapped them burrito style. No fall out!
Can’t go wrong with pork tenderloin. Loved the bbq’d green onions! A quick & delicious receipe – as always.
Thanks Irene and yes, I always enjoy this one for a different way to enjoy pork tenderloin from the BBQ. So glad you enjoyed these :)
Can’t wait to try these, Jennifer. So beautiful! I’ve got quite a bit of pork tenderloin leftover from last night, (kids have left, but I still cook family-size), so I’ll improvise. Thanks for a great recipe! :)
Great timing! I know what you mean. I have struggled with scaling down meals, too :) Enjoy!
These tacos look absolutely incredible, Jennifer! Gorgeous!
Thanks Julia. These were really delicious for such a simple dish!!
What tasty looking tacos, I love the siracha mayo!
Thanks Laura :)
I have been seeing tacos everywhere lately (or maybe I’m just craving them so bad I’m imagining them!). Love the combination you have going on here, plus you can never go wrong with sriracha mayo – yum!
Thanks Jessica. Can’t go wrong with Sriracha mayo :)
That sriracha mayonnaise has me all inspired to make the recipe – looks divine & I wonder if it works well with other proteins like fish?
Thanks Thalia and yes, this would be great with a nice whitefish or salmon!
I can tell spring is in the air, Jennifer! These look so delicious, and I am a huge fan of pork tenderloin!
Thanks Sue and … Yes it is! It was 70 degrees F. here yesterday (yet still some snow on the ground, but I’ll take it). Time to lighten up dinners, for sure.